STUMP UP FOR TREES
The advancement of environmental protection or improvement in particular but not exclusively by promoting and enabling the planting and successful management of trees and development of diverse natural habitats, and;The advancement of education in particular but not exclusively by the provision of information and activities increasing knowledge of trees, diverse habitats and environmental prot
Objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING AND ENABLING THE PLANTING AND SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF TREES AND DEVELOPMENT OF DIVERSE NATURAL HABITATS, AND;THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ACTIVITIES INCREASING KNOWLEDGE OF TREES, DIVERSE HABITATS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity holds £827,123 in total net assets, with £621,814 in unrestricted general funds and £192,668 in designated funds for future tree planting commitments. The trustees report that these reserves exceed their stated policy target of six months' overhead expenditure (approximately £109,000), placing the charity in a secure position to commit to longer-term projects.
What the accounts disclose
“The Trustees require a minimum of 6 months of overhead expenditure to be kept in the unrestricted reserve fund. This would equate to approximately £109 000.”
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025
- Volunteers: 250
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024
- Volunteers: 250
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023
- Volunteers: 250
- Grant-making is its main activity
Funders the charity credits
- Perform Better UK
- Utility Warehouse
- Neptune
- Admiral Group PLC
- The Insurance Network
- The Angel Hotel
- Woodland Trust
- Little Green Refills
- Godrich
- Acini
- Thirty 4/7
- Unify Talent Solutions
- Natural Weigh
- Sustainable Control
Trustees
- James Christopher Lovelace Suterchair
- Andrew Hugh Colvin
- Andrew Ralph Erskine
- Lorna Caroline Davis
- RICHARD JAMES RODERICK
- Robert Andrew Vaughan
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/06/2025 | £437k | £241k |
| 30/06/2024 | £434k | £174k |
| 30/06/2023 | £244k | £111k |
| 30/06/2022 | £219k | £54k |
| 31/03/2021 | £116k | £23k |
Common questions
Is STUMP UP FOR TREES financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds £827,123 in total net assets, with £621,814 in unrestricted general funds and £192,668 in designated funds for future tree planting commitments. The trustees report that these reserves exceed their stated policy target of six months' overhead expenditure (approximately £109,000), placing the charity in a secure position to commit to longer-term projects. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds STUMP UP FOR TREES?
Funders whose own accounts filings name STUMP UP FOR TREES as a grant recipient include THE FREDERICK MULDER FOUNDATION, ETHEL AND GWYNNE MORGAN TRUST, THE MARK LEONARD TRUST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE FREDERICK MULDER FOUNDATION | FY2025 | £10k | |
| ETHEL AND GWYNNE MORGAN TRUST | FY2025 | £2k | Environment |
| THE MARK LEONARD TRUST | FY2022 | £1k | Towards Planting One Million Trees in the Brecon Beacons area |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 15/08/2024 | £20k | Organising our nursery and volunteers |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 13/04/2023 | £10k | Stump Up For Trees Community Tree Nursery; access and improvements |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE NORTHWICK TRUST | 3 | £65k |
| THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £128k |
| SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST | 2 | £9k |
| ASPEN TRUST | 1 | £2.2m |
| THE TRESANTON TRUST | 1 | £531k |
| THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION | 1 | £390k |
| INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT | 1 | £188k |
| THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION | 1 | £155k |
Charities like this
- INTERNATIONAL TREE FOUNDATION
- THE TREE COUNCIL
- PROTECT EARTH
- EARTH TRUST
- Plymouth Tree People
- AWE FOR NATURE TRUST UK
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STUMP UP FOR TREES | £437k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| INTERNATIONAL TREE FOUNDATION | £1.4m | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| THE TREE COUNCIL | £2.8m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| PROTECT EARTH | £392k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| EARTH TRUST | £2.6m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| Plymouth Tree People | £148k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |